The ingots of bronze found in the recent [1900] excavations at Gnossus, in Crete, which date approximately from 2000 B.C., are of this shape. Presumably the Britons learnt it from Phoenician sources.

[20]

Saxon coracles are spoken of even in the 5th century A.D. See p. 245.

[21]

'Coins of the Ancient Britons,' p. 24.

[22]

This familiar feature of our climate is often touched on by classical authors. Minucius Felix (A.D. 210) is observant enough to connect it with our warm seas, "its compensation," due to the Gulf Stream.